Smyrna times., 1887-04-13
Snavrna and Vicinity.

SPECIAL sale of wagons at B. B.
Aliens, for few days only. Il
For ice cream, frozen custard, &c,
go to Stevenson & PeregOy's.
MISS M. E. SAvIN is in the city to-day
purchasing her Spring and Summer
goods. +
The wheat field of J. P. Dickson at
Brenford is especially noticeable for
excellence.
SATURDAY called out u pretty gener-
al use of the hose for street springling
to keep down the dust.
RICHARD CLAYTON, of Middletown,
advertises a Star Cane Mill and a
Stubbs EvapOrator for sale.
The farmers are taking advantage of
the good plOwing weather to prepare
their fields for corn planting.
THE White Rose Minstrels will be
the next to follow Uncle Toms Cabin
and doubtless OvertOp the latter.
THE residence of VIM. II. Sithens on
upper commerce street has been i'm
proved by a neat porch covering the
front.
WE are indebted to Hon. +. Sauls-
bury for the Secretary of the Interiors
Report on the mining industries of the
United States.
WIN. H. BAGGs has removed the en-
closure in the frcnt of his residence,
and instead of fence, he will have an
open sOdded yard.
ALEXANDER G. CUMMINs again calls
the attention of farmers to Maize Olein
phosphate for which he claims superior
merits in the growth of corn.
WHAT are called by the boys bay
hOrses-mullets, from the bay, are as
cending to the head waters of the
creeks and afford the boys fine fishing
sport.
SPRING is putting in its best work,
but Mrs. j. T. Umsted's window showed
weeks before a better array of beautiful
flowers than Spring has or will for
some time yet produce.
THERE will be a special sale of
wagons, for few days only at B. B.
Aliens, Main street, Smyrna, Del.
Farmers, come and examine them. #
ONE of our Milliners denies that she
told her customers that their pastor
wanted them all to buy Spring b0pnets
for Easter Sunday, and come out aud
sing like nightingales.
SHAD ought not to grow Scarce in the
DelOware with 100000 young shad
hatched out by the Government fish
steamer, Fishha,Ck, and put in the river
as was the case last year.
CARDS are out for the marriage of
VIM. S. Hardcastle, of Moorton, and
Miss MOllie Jones, daughter of VIM. S.
Jones, residing near KentOn, on Thurs
day evening, April 2lst, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents.
The time of the full blossOming of
of peach trees as per the record for the
past fifteen years has been between the
9th and the 29th of April, with one ex-
ceptiOn, 1875, the year of the full crop,
when the date was May 5th.
A SQUARE marble piece, having a
very near shoe cut in it, also bearing
the name of the proprietor, has been
inserted in the pavement Immediately
in front of the door of T. d. Pierce's
shoe store.
CARDS are out for the marriage of
Alfred Lee Cummins and Miss Elva
Culbreth Carrow, both of this town.
The ceremony will be performed on the
evening OF Tuesday, April 10Th, in the
Methodist Episcopal church,
A. LEE CUAiMINs, in addition to other
improvements about his home is nut
ting up new iron fence covering the
whole front of his property of cores
ponding pattern to that enclosing the
yard Immediately fronting the dwell
ing.
TRAILING ARBUTUs parties have
been out only to find a modest blossom
here and there, and the pulling of a
number of buds that might have made
beautiful flowers. The warm weather
OF this week is bringing them out in
perfection.
AT THE first Quarterly Conference
for the ensuing year, held on Friday
night, the Board of Stewards (the esti-
mating cOmmittee) reported unani-
mously the sum of 81 200 as the salary
1or Rev. VIM. 5. Robinson, which was
confirmed by the Conference.
SOME one who has taken the trouble
to go over the field says that in SMYRNA
and the immediate neighborhood there
are one hundred and nine persons over
seventy-tive years of age, and about
one hundred and fifty above the age of
seventy, a remarkable number of aged
people.
The following vestrymen for St.
Peter's Church were elected at the an
nual meeting on Monday: Senior
Warden, Geo. w. Cummins: Junior
Warden, E. A. Evans; Vestrymen-
VIM. Polk Cummins, Joseph Kennedy.
W. f. Dunn, r. L. Cummins. Edgar
Spruance.
RICHARD A. LANGFoRD of Norris
town, Pa, moved to this town last
+ week, corner of South and Delaware
streets. He is engaged in the Insur-
ance business, agent for the Prudential
Insurance Company of America. This
company insures on the weekly plan. 5
ana IO cents a week, up to any amount
that may be wanted.
>. u: WILDs is having the new house
erected on his farm near Brenford Last
spring repainted, the lower part red
ABOVE the doors dark drab. gables
canary, trimmings for all, black. The
out-buildings are also being Dainted a
dark drab, with red roofs, j. f. Carter
painter. a general air of neatness
Pervades the whole premises.
REV. GEORGE w. KENNEDY. of Mid.
dletown died on April 4th, aged 30
years. The deceased had been a min
lster OF the Presbyterian Church and
was well known throughout the PENN
Sqia, where he preached manv times
n. ne was pastor Of the Presbyterian
Church of this town for two wears. he
tween twenty-five and thirty years ago.
WE give in another place on this
page statement showing the total as
sessment of Kent county for this wear
On comparisons with the Auditor,s
report lpage 89) of the assessment for
1856, 1t will be seen that there has
been an increase of $65. 500 over Iast
year. Duck Greek Hundred has in
creased S46,995 and East Dover has
lost $4,000. '''' has
Now that the mud has disappeared
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